Black Barn Plantation
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.92748, -1.96673
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
Isbourne WayWalking route▾
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
Minor road at Humblebee, near Charlton Abbots
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Wildlife to spot
5,749 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,749 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Skylark · Pheasant · Blackbird +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Brown Hare · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Sepsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Empis tessellata · Red-legged Shieldbug +4
- SepsisSepsis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Volucella pellucens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,749 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Skylark · Pheasant · Blackbird +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Brown Hare · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Sepsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Empis tessellata · Red-legged Shieldbug +4
- SepsisSepsis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Volucella pellucens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens2024
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Events & activities nearby
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